Cadillac Escalade Sits Empty: Trump Driver in
ICE custody
(Lied to Enter Country for Past Crime)
A sad but timely story from
the NY Times (via MSN) and also coverage
from
here (Daily Mail/UK):
Introduction – my input: Flip a Coin, Mr. Trump. Do you want and need immigration policy: (1) that is lawful, treats everyone the same
way by allowing some to enter illegally but who should get due process, or (2) those
who hide and lie about their criminal pasts to enter, get a Green Card, possibly
even citizenship, and work for you?
Easy-peasy, Mr. President, easy-peasy – heads or
tails?
This story is about man who lied to get a Green Card
and later applied for citizenship, too? A very sad story, but he has to go.Why do I say that? The current law that Trump wants to change as not
working – appears to be working just fine – so, oops, Mr. Trump.
My B/L: We have enough criminals without others coming
from other countries who lie to get here while hiding their criminal pasts and
work for you.
This story:
Zoltan Tamas
is a senior security guard at Trump National Golf Club in the town of Jupiter
and Trump’s driver in Mar-a-Logo. Tamas as such is licensed to carry a gun. He
bought a home, paid taxes, has a wife and two children, and never ran afoul of
the law since immigrating legally to the United States from Romania in 2011.
Now, for eight
months, Tamas, age 38, has been locked in an ICE correctional facility a
six-hour drive from his family as he fights a protracted legal battle to remain
in the United States. During that time, he has not once seen his wife,
11-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter (who suffers from congenital heart
disease).
(I note: That
seems to be a pre-existing condition by definition).
Tamas is a
green-card holder who was arrested by ICE authorities after he applied for
United States citizenship in 2016 and a background check revealed that he had
been convicted in absentia of committing insurance fraud in Romania.
In 2016, as
legal residents of the United States for nearly five years, Tamas and his
family were eligible to become naturalized Americans.
They filled out the
forms, got fingerprinted and completed biometric exams. His wife Alina Rogozan
was notified within a few months that she had been scheduled for an interview
with an immigration officer.
But Tamas was not. He called and sent emails, only to hear that his background check had not been completed. “He was very confused, asking, ‘Why is this happening?’” recalled his wife who with her two children became citizens in April 2017.
Then in June
of last year, Tamas received a letter from ICE (Immigration and Customs
Enforcement) requesting that he report to the agency office to discuss his
“inadmissibility to the United States at the time that his family had traveled
to Romania on vacation and returned in 2013.”
When Tamas
and his wife arrived at the office, he was told that he would be detained,
without further explanation. An officer ordered Tamas to hand his wife his
wedding band, belt, and phone — and escorted him away. His family has not seen
him since.
My 2 cents: Heluva good immigration policy which right
now enforces current law and forbids lying to gain access and a Green Card and thus
leads to citizenship, or do we wait for yours which is just as harsh or worse
in some cases?
After all, the man is a criminal and hid that fact.
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